cadging
present participle ofcadge
cadge
verb[T]
informaloftendisapprovinguk/kædʒ/us/kædʒ/to (tryto) get something from someoneelsewithoutpayingfor it:
He's always cadgingfreemealsandfreetripsfrom/offhisclients.
Can I cadge alifthome?
get something for free
- get something for freeReaders of her blog get advice for free.
- get something for nothingYou don't get anything for nothing these days.
- freeloadThen he went off to freeload some more drinks.
- bumHe bums the occasional cigarette from his older brother.
- cadgeShe's always cadging drinks from the people she is with.
- scroungeCan I scrounge a lift with you?
Making appeals & requests
- appellate
- ask forsomeone
- behest
- beseech
- call for orderphrase
- call onsomeone
- callsomeonein
- claim
- demand
- implore
- invite
- pay claim
- pretty pleaseidiom
- propitiation
- push
- push forsomething
- put in forsomething
- put the squeeze onsomeoneidiom
- reapply
- requisition
Examplesofcadging
cadging
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
I hate to see a proud and great nation like ours go round the worldcadgingfor money.
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One might almost say that it wascadgingfor an invitation.
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What a vista of bargaining and canvassing andcadgingfor votes this opens up.
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One heard every day tales of unwarrantedcadgingon the dole—millions could be saved without impinging on meritorious claims.
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They were men who did not go round seeking help orcadgingsupport.
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It is not a question ofcadgingin the least.
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I am notcadgingany favour for the agricultural industry.
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He wascadgingpints in the pub, and he could not survive on the dole money.
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What about all those 2,000 people for whom there is no means of transport exceptcadginga lift, hiring a car or walk- ing?
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One hears every day tales of unwarrantedcadgingon the dole.
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Cadgingenough money to buy paints and supplies, he spends much of the novel seeking surfaces, such as walls, to serve as ground for his paintings.
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